Auxiliary relief wheel-rim for motor cars and vehicles.



1% 895 975, PATENTED AUG. 11, 1908.

T; M. & W. DAVIES. AUXILIARY RELIEF WHEE L RIM FOB. MOTOR CARS AND VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 11; 1904.

' UNITED sra'rn s PATENT onrron.

THOMAS MORRIS DAVIES AND WALTER DAVIES, OF LLANELLY, ENGLAND, ASSIGNORS TO THE STEPNEY SPARE MOTOR WHEEL, LIMITED, OF LLANELLY, ENGLAND.

AUXILIARY RELIEF WHEEL-RIM FOR MOTOR CARS AND VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

Application filed April 11,1904. Serial No. 202,582.

Wheel-Rims for'Motor Cars and Vehicles, of

which the following is a specification, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it a pertains to make and use the same.

his new rim or wheel is designed for use with the usual or existin road wheels of motor cars and road vehic es and particularly with wheels fitted with pneumatic tires. The new rims or wheels are provided with pneumatic, solid or any suitable tires, and.

, are specially for use'when the tire of the car or vehicle wheel is punctured or otherwise put out of use. They may, however, be used for such urposes as moving the car from place to ace without soiling the tires on the car whee s.

The new rims or wheels, which we will call the auxiliary wheelrims, are provided with suitable fittings, including radially moving clips, guides with abutments, and adjustable securing means, such as screws and nuts, by which they can be removably fixed to the rims of car or vehicle wheels. One or more forks may also be'provided to engage with one or more of the spokes of the car wheel to prevent the auxiliarywheel rim creeping on the car wheel.

We will now describe our invention with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which v Figure 1 shows in elevation one form of .our invention consisting of a rim having two fixed andtwo adjustable'clips and provided with a fork to engage with a spoke of the car wheel. Fig. 2 is a side view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of a car showing one of our auxiliary wheel rims attached to one of the car wheels.

In Figs. 1 and 2, a is the auxiliary wheel rim having fixed inwardly rojecting radial .,guides or supports 1), for a( justable clips 0.

The edge b of the sup ort b is turned at right angles and forms an a fitment and has a hole through which is passed a screw 0. Thisiat} ter is attached at one end to the hook shalperi wo clip 0, and carries a fly or thumb nut fixed hook shaped clips g, g, are also attached to the auxiliary wheel rim and are formed of a sheet of metal bent over so as to form a grip or hold similar to the grip or hold formed on the sliding clip 0.

A fork h fastened to the rim a is designed to engage with a spoke of the car Wheel to prevent the auxiliary Wheel creeping along thesame.

In Fig. 3 we have shown an automobile viewed from the rear with one of our improved auxiliary wheel rims in position upon the rear wheel rim c upon the right hand side, the tire a of such Wheel being shown as defiated and pushed partly to one side to show the manner in which the clips 0 of the auxiliary wheel rim a grip the rim 0 of the main wheel.

What we claim as our invention is:

1., The combination of an auxiliary wheel rim, inwardly projecting radial guides fixed to said rim, an abutment upon eachof said radial guides, a hook-shapedclip movably mounted in each of said radial guides and adapted to engage the outer periphery of a vehicle wheel rim, and adjustable means securing said hook-shaped clips to said abutments, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination of an auxiliary wheel rim, inwardly projecting radial guides fixed to said rim, a perforated portion acting as an abutment carried by each of said radial guides, a hook-shaped clip mounted in each of said radial guides and adapted to engage the outer periphery of a vehicle wheel rim, a

screw fixed to each of said hook-shaped clips and p ro ecting radially through the perforated portion or abutment of the radial guide, and a nut on each of said screws acting against the said abutnients, substantiallyas herein shown. and described.

3. The combination of an auxiliary wheel rim, inwardly projecting radial guides fixed to said rim, an abutment upon each of said radial guides, a liiok shaped clip movably mounted in each of said radial guides and adapted to engage the outer periphery of a vehicle wheel rim, adjustable means securing said movable hook-shaped clips to said abutments, and fixed. hook-sha ed clips carried by the auxiliary rim also a apted to engage with theouter periphery of said vehicle wheel rim, substantially as herein shown and described. 1

4. The combination of an auxiliary wheel frim, inwardly hre ieeting radial guides fixed to'said;1im'-"an'abutment-upon each of said said ve icle' whee radial. guides, a hpOk-shaped clip movably mounte ii1"j ;eaeh ofsaid' radial guides and adapted'te" engage the Outer periphery of a vehicle wheel I'lIIl, adjustablemeans securing said movable hook-shaped cli s to said abutments, fixed hook-shaped cips carried by the auxiliary rim also adapted to engage- 10 with the outer periphery of said vehicle wheel rim, andafork carried by the auxiliary rim ada ted to en age one ofthe spokes of substantially as shown and described. l Y I Inwitness whereof we have hereunto" set 15 our-hands inpresence of two witnesses.

THOMAS MORRIS DAVIES. WALTER DAVIES.

Witnesses:

' E. F. DAVIES,

Q W. D. THOMAS. 

